Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Mind Snow-White Haiku

In response to Anaïs Nin's claim:
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write.


the clock stares back
before robinsong rising
my mind snow-white



Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCCII: "peace and pieces"

Inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's remark in his book, Sculpting in Time:
Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality.

And also in response to Donald Trump's Gaza "Peace Plan"


day to night to day
smoke columns climb without end
Israel wants peace: 
piece by piece from Palestine
through Lebanon, Syria ...